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Caitlin M. Wolfe
Contributed equally to this work with: Caitlin M. Wolfe, Esther L. Hamblion
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, World Health Organization, Monrovia, Liberia
Esther L. Hamblion
Contributed equally to this work with: Caitlin M. Wolfe, Esther L. Hamblion
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, World Health Organization, Monrovia, Liberia
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4250-3696
Jacqueline Schulte
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, Action contre la Faim, Monrovia, Liberia
Parker Williams
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, International Rescue Committee, Monrovia, Liberia
Augustine Koryon
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, International Rescue Committee, Monrovia, Liberia
Jonathan Enders
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, Liberia Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia
Varlee Sanor
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, Liberia Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia
Yatta Wapoe
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, Liberia Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia
Dash Kwayon
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, Liberia Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia
David J. Blackley
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Monrovia, Liberia
Anthony S. Laney
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Monrovia, Liberia
Emily J. Weston
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Monrovia, Liberia
Emily K. Dokubo
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Monrovia, Liberia
Gloria Davies-Wayne
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, World Health Organization, Monrovia, Liberia
Annika Wendland
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, World Health Organization, Monrovia, Liberia
Valerie T. S. Daw
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, World Health Organization, Monrovia, Liberia
Mehboob Badini
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, World Health Organization, Monrovia, Liberia
Peter Clement
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, World Health Organization, Monrovia, Liberia
Nuha Mahmoud
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, World Health Organization, Monrovia, Liberia
Desmond Williams
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Monrovia, Liberia
Alex Gasasira
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, World Health Organization, Monrovia, Liberia
Tolbert G. Nyenswah
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, Liberia Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia
Mosoka Fallah
Affiliation: Ebola Response Team, Liberia Ministry of Health, Monrovia, LiberiaAbstract
Background
Contact tracing is one of the key response activities necessary for halting Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) transmission. Key elements of contact tracing include identification of persons who have been in contact with confirmed EVD cases and careful monitoring for EVD symptoms, but the details of implementation likely influence...